APA PsycNET Tips

What Does It All Mean? Terms Defined in the Full Text

tmcadoo@apa.org — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:45:45 -0400

The American Psychological Association (APA) announces the addition of a new dictionary feature in PsycARTICLES when accessed through the APA PsycNET search platform. From within the full-text HTML display, APA PsycNET users can click underlined terms in PsycARTICLES to view a pop-up window containing the definition.

Approximately 20,000 terms from the APA Dictionary of Psychology have been tagged and integrated to help users better understand the content they are viewing.

This episode of APA PsycNET Tips demonstrates how to use this new dictionary feature.

The press release about this new APA PsycNET feature is available on the APA website. Additional PsycINFO training materials are also available.

How to Search by Language

tmcadoo@apa.org — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:30:24 -0400

The PsycINFO database contains a wide variety of scholarly publications in many languages. This episode of APA PsycNET Tips demonstrates how to limit your search to one or more languages and how to exclude languages.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

Who's Citing Your Work? How to Use the Cited By Feature

tmcadoo@apa.org — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:08:33 -0500

This episode of APA PsycNET Tips demonstrates how to use the Cited By feature. You might use this feature to help build a comprehensive literature review, expand your own knowledge base, or check who is citing your own published work.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Browse Reference Lists for Multiple PsycINFO Records

tmcadoo@apa.org — Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:57:36 -0500

PsycINFO provides systematic coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. The database also includes records from the 1600s and 1700s.
This episode of APA PsycNET Tips demonstrates how to browse the reference lists for multiple PsycINFO records in the PsycINFO database.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Browse Full Text of All Abstracts in Search Results

tmcadoo@apa.org — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:36:44 -0500

PsycINFO provides systematic coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. The database also includes records from the 1600s and 1700s.
This episode of APA PsycNET Tips demonstrates how to browse the full text of all abstracts in the PsycINFO database.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Find Prepublication Articles (PsycINFO "First Posting")

tmcadoo@apa.org — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:36:05 -0400

This episode demonstrates how to search for prepublication journal articles in the PsycINFO database. In PsycINFO, these articles are labeled "first posting."

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Search the Full Text Available in PsycARTICLES

tmcadoo@apa.org — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:05:53 -0400

PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.

This episode demonstrates how to search the full text of journal articles in the PsycARTICLES database.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Browse PsycBOOKS

tmcadoo@apa.org — Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:38:14 -0400

The PsycBOOKS database contains books published by the American Psychological Association, classic psychology books, and more than 1,500 entries from the Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.

This episode demonstrates several possible ways to browse the PsycBOOKS database.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Find Research That Used a Specific Test or Measure

tmcadoo@apa.org — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:57 -0400

This episode demonstrates how to find research that used a specific test or measure.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Find Classic Psychology Books in PsycBOOKS

tmcadoo@apa.org — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:46:48 -0400

This episode demonstrates how to find classic psychology books in the PsycBOOKS database, on the APA PsycNET platform.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Include or Exclude Dissertations From Your Results

tmcadoo@apa.org — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:45:16 -0400

This episode demonstrates how to do a quick search of APA PsycINFO, on the APA PsycNET platform, and include or exclude disserations from your results.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.

How to Find Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

tmcadoo@apa.org — Fri, 7 May 2010 15:09:58 -0400

This episode demonstrates how to do a quick search of APA PsycINFO, on the APA PsycNET platform, for peer-reviewed journal articles only.

Additional PsycINFO training materials are available on our website.